SHEBOYGAN FALLS, Wis. (AP) – A decade ago, fur rancher Bob Zimbal had about 34,000 mink at his three southeastern Wisconsin farms. He was in survival mode, struggling to compete with farmers producing ...

Fur producers have a controversial reputation. While fur coats and other fur clothing items remain status symbols in many cultures, fur producers have come under pressure for raising animals like mink ...

As he does every year about this time, bronzed, husky Herbert A. Nieman was grading pelts on his silver fox farm near Hermansville, Mich. But this year pelting was different. Nieman, the biggest U.S.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — House lawmakers have passed a ban on mink farming in the U.S. as part of an omnibus bill intended to strengthen American competition with China. Fur Commission USA, the trade ...

Fur producers have a controversial reputation. While fur coats and other fur clothing items remain status symbols in many cultures, fur producers have come under pressure for raising animals like mink ...